Heidi
Lehto is a second year student in the Latin American
Studies Master of Arts program. She
has been in Iquitos, Peru researching the cultures
of medicine
in an Amazonian slum neighborhood.
Heidi
warns us to avoid “Quistococha,
the zoo, because the animals are kept
in disgustingly small cages without proper treatment” and
instead consider “taking
a trip into the jungle, especially Pacaya Samiria National
Park.” Her
recommendations for food are similar; although
most “people
may worry that they’ll
get sick, the hole in the wall places usually
have the best local food.” Her
favorite place is “Huasaí- a restaurant
off the Plaza de Armas that provides consistently
delicious menu-
the daily lunch specials.”
Above
all, during her travels, the most fascinating person
Heidi has met to
be “an older midwife who
has delivered thousands of babies in the slum area
over the last 30 years.”
To
talk to Heidi more about her research and travels
in Iquitos, you may research
her at hlehto (at) berkeley (.) edu.
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